#ptcpe

Ryan sat back on her desk chair, a small smile tugging at her lips. She knew that she shouldn’t put her homework aside for socializing – she never did while she was on high school. But this girl was so… magnetic; she’d never met anyone like that before. She looked up at the wall, right where the schedule that dictated her life was plastered. She stared at it for a minute, trying to figure out how to weasel in some spare time and still manage to do everything else on time.

 Well, for one she could move forward the two o’clock break she had on Tuesday to today, and study then. Or maybe pull an all-nighter on Saturday night and skip her morning jog on Sunday. The two o’clock break sounded healthier, but it would also put a time limit to spend with the other girl... Maybe an all-nighter wouldn't be so bad, she did love coffee after all.

 With a pleased smile she stretched out and looked towards the clock on her bedside table, she had ten minutes to get there and meet with Brook. At the thought of the other girl her stomach did… something funny, kind of like it was about eat itself on its gastric fluids. She was sure, however, that it was only out of excitement for meeting a possible friend, she’d never had many friends back home.

She shook her head and hurriedly took off her shirt, grabbing a blue one from the floor and sniffing it. After determining it was clean enough she put it on, she grabbed her favorite hoodie from the chair and proceeded to put on her shoes, briefly brushing her hair. She was about to head off but stopped herself. A bit of lipstick wouldn’t hurt her, right? Just so her lips wouldn’t dry in the autumn air. She smiled at herself in the mirror and walked out the door, full on ignoring the identical second tube of lipstick that was sitting in the bathroom counter, next to the first.

The walk to the pier was a short one, though also very enjoyable. There were students everywhere, giving the campus a sense of being alive. She crossed the pool and dodged into the trail that led to the pier. At the sight she stopped in her tracks, taking everything in.

It was breathtaking. Ryan had always had a love for lakes, but this one must have been the most beautiful she had ever seen. She stood there for a moment, just looking in. She would definitely come more often when she had the chance.

Coming to her senses, she started to look for the other girl, scanning the pier for dark locks. She glimpsed the darker skinned girl and her stomach did the whole eat itself act again. Shaking it off she headed towards the other girl.